Arabinda Mitra will speak on funding opportunities through Indo-US Science and Technology Forum — April 2

March 25, 2008 |

Arabinda Mitra, Executive Director of the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, will discuss the programs his organization has funded and opportunities currently available for funding new endeavors. He will speak on April 2 at noon in room 6201 Microbial Sciences Building. Please help get the word out by downloading and posting the event poster.

The talk is sponsored by the Khorana Program for Scientific Exchange, a new UW program with the following objectives: (1) provide Indian and US students with a transformative international experience; (2) increase interaction between the Indian and US scientific communities in academia and the private sector; (3) contribute to Indian rural development. Sixteen Khorana Fellows from India will be on campus this summer for research internships in laboratories in CALS, L&S, Engineering, and Medicine. Khorana Fellows from UW are expected to go to India next summer.